Latex Gloves
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I like the 14 mil Nitrile gloves.
There are a lot of reasons to wear gloves.... I wear them to keep my hands from drying out with all the solvents. Grease and used motor oils have been shown to cause cancer and I don't need any more reasons.
There are a lot of reasons to wear gloves.... I wear them to keep my hands from drying out with all the solvents. Grease and used motor oils have been shown to cause cancer and I don't need any more reasons.
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Originally Posted by bdjupiter
I am not trying to be rude, but why do you need gloves when you work on your truck? Is there something other than battery acid that I should be aware of?
I know for one that the airconditioning oil in my SuperDuty was Hydroscopic. No way I would go near it without a good set of gloves.
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The reason for wareing gloves in the first place is the absorbsion of oil and chemicals into your bloodstream. I had a blood test for a physical a few years ago and the Dr. was suprised at the levels in my blood. I started using nitrile gloves most of the time. I bought mine at a safety supply store. After 25 years in the field, I went kicking and screaming. The nitrile is the safest for us but I can tell you about something that melts nitrile fast. Thats NAPA carb cleaner. You know, the can with the basket inside for soaking small parts. I had some hydraulic parts in there and picked them up to see how they were doing. After a minute or so my hands were feeling real hot. I stopped what I was doing and looked down to see the gloves disolving on my hands. Lucky for me, my partner came up to my service truck just in time to grab them by the wrists and pull them off. Do not try this at home!!!
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At work we get a lot of our safety equipment at Lab Safety Supply. They have a web presence, google them. You guys might want to check them out for safety glasses, portable eye wash stations, spill containment equipment, etc. Just cause you're home doesn't mean you can/should cut corners on safety.
BDJUPITER, the grease and grime under a hood isn't especially good for you. Anything to keep it off of you helps. Later when it's dinner time you don't need a lot of cleanup.
BDJUPITER, the grease and grime under a hood isn't especially good for you. Anything to keep it off of you helps. Later when it's dinner time you don't need a lot of cleanup.
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From: Hanover Park, Illinois
Originally Posted by blksmokebill
...I can tell you about something that melts nitrile fast. Thats NAPA carb cleaner. You know, the can with the basket inside for soaking small parts. I had some hydraulic parts in there and picked them up to see how they were doing. After a minute or so my hands were feeling real hot. I stopped what I was doing and looked down to see the gloves disolving on my hands. Lucky for me, my partner came up to my service truck just in time to grab them by the wrists and pull them off. Do not try this at home!!!
Last edited by Flaw; Oct 21, 2005 at 12:17 PM. Reason: error in text
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Ya, WallyWorld carries them. But I always get a big box of them from my local Lowes home improvement store. They also carry the green nitrile gloves but they cost more. I use mine for anything from changing oil to working with nasty paint chemicals to general cleaning of the nasty grease and grime under the engine. They work great, give you great feel of what you're workin on and their cheap. So if I bust a hole in one I just toss it and put on another one. I also carry a couple pairs behind the seat in my '78 f150, for those times I might need to change a fuel filter or do emergency road side repairs. Or you never know when you might have a roadside medical emergency. 
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I had a friend that died of kidney cancer and left a young seven year old son from the chemicals he absorbed working on cars. I started wearing gloves big time when an old timer showed me what happened to his hands (they looked like hamburger) from working with transmission fluid without protection. That was enough to take his advice and start wearing gloves and a chemical barrier (I use vasoline sometimes) when using solvent if needed.
Besides having clean hands and not wasting paper towels for the times when you need clean hands for a component, one thing I have noticed is it really cuts down on minor cuts and burns. Along with eliminating metal burrs, splinters, and flakes buried into your skin.
Besides having clean hands and not wasting paper towels for the times when you need clean hands for a component, one thing I have noticed is it really cuts down on minor cuts and burns. Along with eliminating metal burrs, splinters, and flakes buried into your skin.
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Originally Posted by bdjupiter
I am not trying to be rude, but why do you need gloves when you work on your truck? Is there something other than battery acid that I should be aware of?
Vinyl are no good because the dexterity is terrible in them. Unless you have a known latex allergy, and some do, dont worry about it.
Try scientific/medical wholesalers, Fisher, VWR, many others.
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